Misfit
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 8 7 6 3 |
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 A K Q 9 5 3 |
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 10 7 6 |
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I was opening bidder playing against (well, sometimes with) the computer. What do I do with this hand? Open it a weak 2 diamonds? I dunno. Some people say it's unwise with a 4-card major, others say the same about a void, so I let it go. My partner now opens a spade, and I feel comfortable going to two diamonds, but my parnter now rebids his spades, not a very good sign opposite my void. So, figuring discretion was the better part of valor, I simply passed and let him have it.
The upshot? Well, my partner with two more spades than I had diamonds, made an overtrick when the defense, after knocking out the club stopper in the closed hand, unwisely led a diamond rather than a second club! What happened on the computer replay is given below. The computer rebid three diamonds. After all, his partner now might rebid 3 hearts on a 6-4 holding. Or he might raise diamonds when he hears the rebid. Yeah, and Mother Teresa might return to earth next July 4th as an American citizen. Well, those hypothetical rebids are a bit more likely. But it just doesn't pay -- by and large. When you get the obvious misfit (and have bid all your point-count values), 9 times out of ten the best you can do is pass.
Incidentally, this declarer got better defense for some reason and so was down two, allowing me 6 IMP's on the deal. Not too bad for a misfit, huh?